The Federal House of Representatives may possibly take over the Kogi State House of Assembly, as a result of the wranglings and controversy between the lawmakers.

The state’s assembly was thrown into crisis on Monday after five of the 20 lawmakers of the House announced the impeachment of the Speaker, Momoh Jimoh-Lawal.

The five lawmakers also sacked the Deputy Speaker Alih Ajuh, and the Majority Leader, Kolawole Matthew.

Dissatisfied with his impeachment, Jimoh-Lawal and 14 of his colleagues protested the illegality of the process that led to his removal- by filing a petition at the House of Representatives in Abuja.

The petition was submitted to the Majority Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is expected to present it to the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

While the petition will be formally presented before the House next week Tuesday, federal lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party caucuses have began discussions on how to prevent a possible breach of peace in Kogi State.

The caucuses, when an agreement is reached, might invoke constitutional provisions for the National Assembly to take over the state assembly.

A senoir National Assembly official was quoted by Punch Newspapers, to have said: “What the House is going to do is to prevent a possible breach of law and order in Kogi State. From what we have heard, the crisis will deepen and the House has a responsibility to invoke our laws to contain the situation before it gets out of hands.”

The official added that: “The 1999 Constitution (as amended) under its general provisions in Chapter One, made a provision for how the National Assembly could intervene whenever any state assembly was in crisis and could not perform its duties.”